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  • Adults at a cocktail party talking and mingling.
    Brain networks rewire to compensate for difficulty hearing speech in noisy environments
    5/6/25

    Researchers have identified the area in the brain that shows significant changes in people who struggle with speech in noise.  

  • A student nurse examines a dummy patient in UB's nursing simulation lab.
    University at Buffalo to create $34 million nursing simulation center
    5/5/25

    The center comes as UB, New York’s flagship university, is designated SUNY’s first Nursing Simulation Center of Excellence.

  • Zoom image: Students give their final presentations for last year's Carbon Reduction Challenge in UB's GRoW Clean Energy Center. Photo: Douglas Levere/University at Buffalo
    Media advisory: UB’s Carbon Reduction Challenge will explain why going green makes sense for local businesses
    5/5/25

    Students will give presentations about how Western New York companies can reduce their carbon footprints — in a way that’s good for business.

  • A scan of neurons.
    Study finds one protein that mitigates Huntington’s disease, and one that exacerbates it
    5/5/25

    These proteins, which regulate the huntingtin protein’s movement in neurons, could be future drug targets.

  • Navigating a maze.
    Study: Families confront roles and responsibilities of rural jail incarceration
    5/6/25

    Although families have no official place in the criminal justice system, they create and take on substantial support roles for incarcerated people both during and after the incarceration.

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    Grammy-Award Winner Joss Stone Brings Less Is More Tour To The UB Center for the Arts this Fall
    5/6/25

    This special performance is part of Stone’s Less Is More tour, offering audiences an intimate evening highlighting her dynamic vocals and stripped-back musical arrangements.

  • David Heppner.
    UB medicinal chemist Heppner receives ACS Portoghese Lectureship Award
    5/6/25

    Jere Solo Assistant Professor both develops new drugs and seeks to improve drug discovery process.

  • UB faculty member Carleara Weiss working in the School of Nursing's new wet lab in Farber Hall.
    School of Nursing expands research, teaching with its first wet lab
    5/6/25

    It positions the School of Nursing among a small number of nursing schools with dedicated wet lab facilities.

  • Graphic of the interlocking UB logo.
    UB statement on May 1, 2024, arrests and lawsuit
    5/6/25

    Regarding the protest that occurred on May 1, 2024, and protesters’ attempted encampment on university grounds, the university publicly described in previous statements why arrests were made under existing policy at the time.

  • Zoom image: A free, family-friendly event led by UB faculty members Noemi Waight and Ryan Rish includes bike-related activities and a community ride. Photo: Douglas Levere
    A free, family-friendly event led by UB faculty members Noemi Waight and Ryan Rish
    5/7/25

    The event will explore the science of cycling through STEM stations, bike-related activities and a community ride led by Slow Roll Buffalo.

  • Aerial view of a neighborhood.
    Studies point to redlining as a ‘perfect storm’ for breast cancer
    5/12/25

    New UB-led research indicates that while the residential segregation policy was outlawed decades ago, it still impacts women’s health today.

  • Christopher J. Daly.
    Expert: Rite Aid pharmacies closing will have a ‘monumental negative impact’ on Western New York
    5/8/25

    The loss of roughly 70 community-based pharmacies will cause confusion, disruptions, and inconveniences for patients and health care systems. 

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    The key to spotting dyslexia early could be AI-powered handwriting analysis
    5/14/25

    AI shows promise detecting dyslexia and dysgraphia from what children write on paper and tablets, a new University at Buffalo-led study suggests.

  • Earth seen from space with a network of lines criss-crossing the globe.
    UB pairs with Florida Atlantic for wireless communications research and education
    5/20/25

    The partnership, which includes a workforce development program, will tap UB’s expertise in wireless networking, AI, autonomy and more.

  • Erkin Ozay.
    Erkin Özay appointed chair of UB’s Department of Architecture
    5/12/25

    A UB faculty member since 2014, Özay has held various roles at the school, including associate professor, director of undergraduate studies and, for the last two years, associate dean for academic affairs.

  • Anne Curtis is wearing a suit standing in her office in front of diplomas.
    Curtis receives Award for Distinguished Women in Medicine from Columbia University
    5/13/25

    SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has received the Virginia Kneeland Frantz ’22 Award for Distinguished Women in Medicine from her alma mater.

  • A man leans against a wall with his head on his arm, looking distraught.
    New theory suggests 'emotional invalidation’ can be a precursor to crime
    5/14/25

    Criminologist Christopher Dennison builds upon General Strain Theory, with implications for crime reduction.

  • Balloons drop during commencement ceremony.
    Four first-gen students share stories of triumph following commencement
    5/23/25

    About one-third of undergraduates at the University at Buffalo are the first in their family to attend college. They radiate determination and ambition, and they inspire others to pursue higher education as a path toward upward mobility. 

  • Beth Smith is sitting at her office desk.
    UB's chair of psychiatry has been named a fellow in the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program
    5/14/25

    Beth Smith, MD, has been chosen as a 2025-2026 fellow for the prestigious .

  • Row of remembrance candles taken at Michigan State U. Remembrance Conference in 2024.
    Media Advisory: Gun violence impacts and prevention are the focus of the UB/MSU Remembrance Conference June 6-8 in Buffalo
    5/15/25

    Health care providers, medical students and educators interested in working to address gun violence are invited to attend on June 6-8 .

  • Photo showing a graduate from behind wearing a cap and gown at a graduation ceremony.
    Media Advisory: UB to host commencement ceremonies this weekend
    5/16/25

    Thousands of students will don caps and gowns to receive degrees and certifications.

  • Zoom image: Chester "Chet" Langway (left) and Kazuo Osada in the Central Ice Core Storage Facility and Information Exchange in 1992. Langway directed the facility during his time at UB. Credit: Bob Walion/University at Buffalo
    Remembering Chet Langway, ‘savior of ice cores’
    5/19/25

    Retired professor’s work extracting climate data from ice sheets continues at UB today.

  • Microscopic image of DNA strand.
    Media Advisory: About 100 high schoolers to showcase DNA research May 21 at UB
    5/19/25

    Students work with UB throughout the school year to collect, isolate, and analyze bacterial DNA found in local waterways.

  • A dental student works with a professor to create a 3D image of a patient's teeth.
    UB students becoming proficient in digital dentistry techniques
    5/21/25

    Courses use 3D printing, scans and virtual reality for range of dental procedures.

  • UB logo.
    UB statement on violation of commencement rules
    5/21/25

    During Sunday’s commencement ceremony for the College of Arts and Sciences, a graduating senior ignored multiple directives, ran away from officers, and broke commencement rules by bringing an infant onto the commencement stage.

  • SUNY Distinguished Professor medal.
    Eight University at Buffalo faculty named SUNY Distinguished Professors
    5/27/25

    Distinguished Professor is the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system.

  • Concept of an "earworm," a short repetitive section of music that occurs spontaneously and is sustained without effort.
    Study: Better pitch means vivid earworms
    5/28/25

    Your musical ability may be why that song is stuck on mental repeat.

  • Jonathan Lovell pictured in a lab setting.
    UB researchers target pancreatic cancer with light-infused chemo
    5/29/25

    Team awarded $2.5 million grant to develop system for inserting tiny light-emitting fibers directly into tumors.

  • Children wearing backpacks collected during the Jonathan Daniels Memorial School Drive.
    Jonathan D. Daniels, MD Memorial School Drive is now accepting donations
    5/30/25

    The fourth annual Jonathan D. Daniels, MD, Memorial School Drive: The Next Generation of Transformational Leaders is underway. 

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